PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between JoeSon Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Ready (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for JoeSon Do has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Do
vs
Ready

170 cm
23
150 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

174 cm
23
153 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Fightworld Formula

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, JoeSon Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Ready!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ready.
Ready closes the distance and clinches up with Do, looking for a takedown. Ready pushes Do against the cage but Do circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Ready shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Do is trying to defend but Ready finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ready wants to take a breather but Do is having none of it.
Do wants to control but Ready is keeping busy.
Do has his hands clasped together around Ready's back. He's all about the action.
Do trying to control but Ready postures up.
Do moves into full guard.
Ready working some strikes from top position.
Ready missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Do is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Do preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ready throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Do controls Ready momentarily but Ready frees himself.
Ready is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ready with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ready throwing strikes but missing.
Ready pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Do is keeping the position for now.
Do keeping moving, preventing Ready from controlling successfully.
Do is trying to control the position but Ready postures up.
Ready with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Do is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Do tries for a takedown but Ready circles away easily

so Ready counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ready with a flurry of punches that miss.
Do utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ready throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Do controlling Ready's posture.
Ready postures up in Do's guard and throws a big left but Do blocks it.
Do avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ready with a nice head shot there.
Ready is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ready with a flurry of punches that miss.
Do pulls Ready in close to prevent any damage.
Do not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ready postures up and lands a big shot to Do's brow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Do not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Do is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ready is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Do has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ready can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ready is looking to work some ground and pound but Do has wrist control.
Do has momentary wrist control but Ready slips an elbow through the middle.
Ready throwing strikes but missing.
Ready with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ready postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Do misses with a looping right.
Do misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Ready counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Do!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ready landing strikes from the mount and Do is in trouble!
Do tries to hold on but Ready postures up.
Ready looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Do taking shots to the head.
Do is working to get back to half guard.
Ready working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ready putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Ready.
Ready unloads with some shots from mount but Do bucks and avoids them well.
Do sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ready sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Do defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Ready dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Do throws a head kick that misses.
Ready fails with a takedown attempt.
Ready avoids the head kick by Do.
Do ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ready moves away.
Do throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Do tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ready shoots for a takedown but Do saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Do misses with a takedown

and Ready counters with a shoot takedown. Do fights it but they end up in guard.
Do trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ready trying to control the position from guard on top but Do is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ready throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Do works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ready pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Do is keeping the position for now.
Ready has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Do is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ready throwing strikes from guard but Do blocks nicely.
Do is pulling down on Ready's head to control his posture.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ready keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Do throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Do with a poor takedown

so Ready counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ready scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ready is in close to Do's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ready throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Do utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Do throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ready thows a big elbow that misses.
Do keeping moving, preventing Ready from controlling successfully.
Do is trying to control the position but Ready postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Ready looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Do is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Do is trying to maintain the position but Ready is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ready thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Do's head.
Ready missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ready thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Do's head.
Do has his hands clasped together around Ready's back. He's all about the action.
Do taking some punishment here, with Ready in his half guard.
Ready seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Do avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ready.
Ready sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Do defending well though.
Do wants to control but Ready is keeping busy.
Ready thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Do's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ready is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ready scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ready throwing shots but Do is blocking nicely.
Do trying to control but Ready postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Do swings away with a body shot that misses

and Ready counters with a shoot takedown. Do fights it but they end up in guard.
Ready postures up in Do's guard and throws a big left but Do blocks it.
Do preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Do preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ready missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Do managing to control the position.
Ready working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ready wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Ready showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Do's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Do has his takedown stuffed

so Ready counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Do preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Don Ready has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ready working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Do not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ready postures up in Do's guard and throws a big left but Do blocks it.
Ready throwing strikes but missing.
Do controls Ready momentarily but Ready frees himself.
Do avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Do throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Do misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do is looking to chop away at Ready's legs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Do misses with a hook to the body

and Ready counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Do trying to control the position.
Ready is looking to work some ground and pound but Do has wrist control.
Do looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ready with a flurry of punches that miss.

Do throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ready loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Do is trying to control the position but Ready postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ready throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Do works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Do misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ready.

Ready looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Do!
Do working to try and regain half guard.
Ready dominating with strikes here.
Ready working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ready trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ready avoids the attempt from Do to control.
JoeSon Do has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ready lands a nice shot to the head.
Do tries to lock up and control but Ready gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Ready lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Do hang on?
Don Ready is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Do tries to hold on but Ready postures up.
Ready lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ready landing punches.
Do holds of for dear life.
Do regains half guard.
Ready performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Do regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ready cracks Do with a solid left hand.
Ready postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ready throws a big right hand that misses.
Do trying to control the position.
Ready in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ready wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.
Ready throwing strikes but missing.
Do is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Do misses with a takedown attempt

and Ready counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Do is trying to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Don Ready comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ready winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Ready!